Mobile figure



G. W. PAGE Sept. 16 1924.

MOBILE FIGURE Filed Aug. 2, 1923 INVENTOR GEORG/H 11./ PQ

Patented Sept. l5, 1924 STATES PATENT FFIC'.

GEORGIA W. PAGE, 0F NEW-YORK, N. Y.

MOBILE FIGURE.

Appucatioamea August 2, 1923. serial No. 655,188.

fashioned and mounted as tobe readily movable, responsively to theelements. Further objects are to construct said device strongly andcheaply, so that while it will not be readily injured, for example, bybeing hit by bird shot when shot over asa decoy, yet the cost of itsreplacement is trifling.

With the foregoing objects in view'and also certain objects ofstructural utility and advantage as hereinafter pointed out, myinvention consists in the representation, for example, of a bird orother creature, of light material; in the mounting of such figure in ahollow base by means consisting in part of a pivotally suspendedcounterweight, so that the figure will rock as the counter-weightoscillates; inv the proper# tioning of the counterweight to the weightan area of the ligure so that a light breeze will suffice to set thefigure in motion, which motion will continue for an interval before themovable parts come to rest; in the pro vision of a rigid support forsaid base adapted to be stuck in the soil and to maintain the devicefirmly upright, so that it will not be readily overturned, as by theflow of ripples on the strand when stuck in the sand, and finally toprovide suchy a base as will conceal but not interfere with the freelyswinging pendant weight, and which base lends itself readily toconcealment, as by being banked with sand or camoufiaged.

In the accompanying drawings formingV part of this specification isillustrated the preferred embodiment of my invention. In these drawings,Figure 1 is a viewin vertical elevation of the device, underlying partsbeing shown in outline. Figure 2 is a vertical sectional view on theline 2--2 of Figure 1 looking in the direction indicated by the arrow.Figure 3 is a cross-sectional view on the line 3-3 of Figure 1, lookingin the direction indicated by the arrow.`

The rlike or same parts are indicated by like numerals in these figures,in which 1 is a silhouette of a conventionalized bird, mounted upon thetwisted strip of sheet metal 2, formed with lugs 3 serving as 5. Thestrip 2 is slotted to receive'the disc 6, whichis preferably notched at7 to receive the extremity 8 of the disc in such notch andy isoppositely notched at 9to rek, judgeonsjournaled in holes 4; in thecasing ceive the tang 10 formed by extensions of the sidesof the slot,and serves to secure the disc in lplacey when bent back into `the planeof the strip 2. The casing 5 is formed as an oblongrectangle from asingle piece of sheet metal bent, lappedand joined as at 11. Attached tothe casing is the sup-` porting member '12, so formed as to e thrusteasily into the ground and strengthened byjstiiiening flanges 18 whichare af Y iiXed tothe casing, as by solder.

In the device as illustrated, the figure l is a stamping of sheet metal,slotted to receive the bent end of the strip 2', which is then bent overto secure the figure in place. This construction affords lightness ofthe moving parts, and by the knife-edge support by which the pendulum issuspended, renders the decoy sensitive to light breezes, as by the airycurrents caused by breaking waves, when the decoy is set up on thebeach, so that the figure comes slowly to rest. Y

The casing is preferably made open at th bottomfor drainage, as waterwould be held therein if a bottom were provided and the weight would beimpeded. Y

While the mobile figure itself is shown as a silhouette, this is notintended as a limitationpthereto since such figure may be made in fullerrepresentation of the bird or the like to` be decoyed, without departingfrom my invention, the spirit thereof being fulfilled if vthe figure isso light as to beV readily mobile responsive to light winds. ForV eX-ample, the figure may be hollow by molding from Celluloid, or may be ofsolid cork or fabricated; from any suitably light and preferably pwaterproof material. Obviously,

when intended as a plaything, the representation need not be of a gamebird, but may lin the sand where the ripples may partially submerge it,and cause it to function if the described my inventiom' and bottom,pivots on said strip consisting` .of extensions thereof seating inopeiungs'in said casing, the weight of the strip below the pivots beingsuficiently greater than the weight of the ligure and its support abovethe pivots to tend to maintain the ligure upright while permitting sameto oscillate freer 1y, and means for maintaining the casing inr verticalposition consisting of a downward extension thereof adapted to be thrustin the l ground. A-

2. A mobile decoy comprising a metallic silhouette, a metallic stripsupporting said figure and twisted therebelow at right angles to itself,lugs upon said strip journaled in a casing, an extension of said stripbelow said lugs, a disc attached to-said strip and adapted tocounterpoise said silhouette and said casing, the said casing consistingof a metal sheet bent to surround and enclose the disc and strip,excepting the upper end thereof, and having a projection adapted to bestuck in the ground.

3. A mobile decoy comprising a metallic silhouette, a metallic stripsupporting said figure and twisted therebelow at right anglesv toitself, lugs upon saidfstrip journaled in a casing',` a slottedextension of said strip below said` lugs, a disc mounted in said slotand adapted to counterpoise said silhouette, the diameter of said discVexceeding the height of the slot, a tongue integral with said strip andextending downwardly into said slot and adaptedto seat in a recess insaid disc .and to hold said disc within the slot and at right angles tosaid strip when arecess in the opposite side of the disc 'receives thelower edge of the slot; and the said casing, which said casing surroundsand encloses the disc and'V strip, excepting the upper end thereof.V

GEORGIA V. PAGE`

